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smigon
Posts:124
 | | 01/10/2008 2:28 PM |
 Alert | We are getting a new big screen, at least 55", but I really can't tell the difference in the ones at the stores except the price! We are getting HD next week, but are shopping the TV this week.
Which is better, the plasma or the rear-projections? We don't play games on it, just watch TV. Thickness doesn't matter, it won't be hung on the wall, it will go into the big TV hutch that we already have on top of a stand. | |
Spring training is just around the corner! | |
| | Jason
Posts:3378
| | 01/10/2008 5:14 PM |
Alert | One big question is: How do you light your rooms? With plasma TVs you have to consider that the screen is reflective.
Other than that I prefer LCoS rear projection. Sony has them under the name SXRD and they are bright, colors are vibrant and the picture is sharp. Unless you get an upper end plasma, I've found that gradients on plasmas tend to look blocky, or not smooth. People's faces look funny and skies look like a badly compressed JPG. Some also have trouble with motion, where the features on people's faces, like the eyes, nose and mouth, appear to be disconnected from the face. Unless you're going to be watching HD all the time, don't be fooled by the in store HD demos, since plasmas have more difficulty with standard definition.
I would recommend Costco or Sam's Club, if you're not sure which you want. If you don't like it, you can always take it back. | |
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| | Family Guy
Posts:198
| | 01/11/2008 7:23 AM |
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| | Family Guy
Posts:198
| | 01/11/2008 7:24 AM |
Alert | Posted By Jason on 01/10/2008 5:14 PM
One big question is: How do you light your rooms? With plasma TVs you have to consider that the screen is reflective.
Other than that I prefer LCoS rear projection. Sony has them under the name SXRD and they are bright, colors are vibrant and the picture is sharp. Unless you get an upper end plasma, I've found that gradients on plasmas tend to look blocky, or not smooth. People's faces look funny and skies look like a badly compressed JPG. Some also have trouble with motion, where the features on people's faces, like the eyes, nose and mouth, appear to be disconnected from the face. Unless you're going to be watching HD all the time, don't be fooled by the in store HD demos, since plasmas have more difficulty with standard definition.
I would recommend Costco or Sam's Club, if you're not sure which you want. If you don't like it, you can always take it back.
Which Television do you have in your home Jason? And what do you think of it? | | | |
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| | jhall
Posts:1069
| | 01/11/2008 8:01 AM |
Alert | I got the Mitsubishi 734 Series 65" 1080p DLP Rear Projection HDTV - WD65734 http://www.abtelectronics.com/product/29281.html?&source=froogle
$1700 at Frys. The thing is awesome, plus you would have to worry about burn in that you do with a plasma or the fact that in 2-3 years when the screen burns our it will cost more to repair than to buy a new one. The only thing you will have to replace in a dlp is a bulb, the say you get 3000+ hours on the, but my buddy just replaced one in his and he got over 10,000 hours out of it... plus the new dlp tv are light, I think mine weighs 70 lbs.... | |
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough
to take everything you have.
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| | garion
Posts:66
| | 01/11/2008 11:04 AM |
Alert | I have a Samsung 50" rear projection DLP.. Its about 1 year old now.. Its a great TV, looks great.. But I have warnings about rear-projection:
- When you first turn on the TV, after its been off for a while, it may take a couple minutes for the TV to come to full brightness. Not a huge deal. Just something to be aware of.
- The screen is easily scratched. When setting up Xmas last year, the wif accidentally dropped something and it scuffed the screen.. And there's nothing I can do about it either (it was 3 weeks old at the time.).
The TV's are definitely light. When i need to re-arrange wires, its easy for me to just turn it. You still need 2 people to move it, but thats only because of how big it is. | | | |
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|  | Jason
Posts:3378
| | 01/11/2008 11:57 AM |
Alert | Posted By Family Guy on 01/11/2008 7:24 AM
Which Television do you have in your home Jason? And what do you think of it?
I have a Mitsubishi HC1500 DLP front projector. It requires some rearranging of the furniture to make it work and probably many people wouldn't be happy with how the whole setup looks, but we don't mind. It projects straight onto the wall and it looks great, most of the time. I measured the output and the wall its on is allowing for a 96" screen, so that's the tradeoff. If you don't mind how it looks in your living room (and it really isn't all that bad) you can get a far larger screen for much, much less money. The real reason this projector works so well is that it puts out so much light, so unless you've got your blinds all the way open, it is very watchable during the day.
No real reason to go to the theater any more.  | |
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| | smigon
Posts:124
| | 01/15/2008 5:39 PM |
Alert | Thanks for all the input. We got a Panasonic 58" Plasma and a new surround sound stereo. It is being delivered tomorrow.
One thing I like about the plasma screen is that no matter where you are in the room the picture isn't distorted. On the rear projections or the DLPs you had to sit directly in front of the TV or the picture wasn't as good.
Our stereo is about 17 years old and doesn't have a subwoofer outlet, so we upgraded that too. Of course we spent way more than we expected, but I think we will be happy in the end with our purchase.
Thanks again! | |
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| | Jason
Posts:3378
| | 01/16/2008 10:14 AM |
Alert | | That is definitely a problem with LCDs and rear-projection, although some are very good. Let us know how that works out! | |
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